Volatile liquid dispenser



Juy 5, 1949. v. w. GELATKA VOLATILE LIQUID DISPENSER Filed Nov. 28, 1947 /ff f Patented July 5, 1949 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2,475,231 VLATlLE LIQUID QISBENSEE Victor William Gelatka., Ghicargwoylll.

Application November 28, 1:34?, .Serial No, 738,617

(CL .Z39-g4.)

Claims.

This invention relates to volatile liquid dispensers and m-ore particularly to sachet blocks or devices for dispensing pleasant odors in the home, ofce, churches, or elsewhere. A further object is to provide a volatile liquid dispenser that is attractive in. appearance, of novel design and structure, inexpensive to manufacture, durable in use and eflicient in operation.

Other objects, novel features and advantages of arrangement, construction and design. comprehended by the invention are hereinafter more fully pointed out or made apparent from the iollowing description of a preferred embodiment as illustrated in the accompanying drawing wherein like reference characters denote corresponding parts throughout.

In the drawing:

Fig. 1 is a top plan View of a volatile liquid dispenser according to the instant invention.

Fig. 2 is a view of Fig. 1 in elevation.

Fig. 3 is a substantially central vertical sec tional view through Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a plan view of the base of the dispenser, the block portion proper being omitted.

Fig. 5 is a plan view of the block portion removed from the base and inverted.

Fig. 6 is a central vertical sectional view through a modied form of dispenser, a container employed being shown in dotted lines.

Fig. 7 is a View of a type of pronged ring employed in the modified form, the block proper being denoted in dotted lines, and,

Fig. 8 is a view similar to Fig. 7 but of a clamping member employed.

Referring now to Figs. 1 to 5 inclusive the reierence numeral I denotes a substantially square base formed with a square recess 2 opening in its top face and of a depth about one half the base thickness.

The said recessed portion 2 has a centrally disposed round materially contracted recess eXtension 3 in which is received a small vial il, preferably of a diameter but slightly less than that of recess 3, containing a liquid perfume. Freely received on end in the base recess is an oblong hollow block 5, the block cavity increasing in diameter from one end of the block to the other and at its wide end opening in the end face of the block, the diameter of the block cavity being greater throughout most of its extent than that of the vial which is received therein. The block is formed across each outer face with a shoulder 6 spaced inwardly from its open end a distance slightly less than the depth oi the base recess 2, the four shoulders 6 being in a common plane and the block of such diameter relative to said recess that the walls of the latter will support the block upon said shoulders in spaced relation to the bottom surface of the recess as clearly shown in Fig. 3. The block and base are formed of gypsum or a like porous material and both are coated with gilt 1 or a like decorative pore-filler upon their side portions. Each side of the block is decorated preferably by a fanciful figure 8 and imbedded in the block material at its closed end is the wick 9 depending into the contents of the vial 4.

Referring now to Figs. 6, '7 and 8 the block I0 has a metal or like pronged ring Il imbedded therein at a distance spaced inwardly slightly from its open end, the inner edge of the ring extending very slightly into the block cavity for releasable engagement with the four resilient spring hooks I2 operatively carried by a second pronged ring I3 of smaller diameter than the ring I I, said ring I3 being received in and carried by the base material, the hooks I2 yieldingly securing the block and base together so that the dispenser may be picked up by hand by the block without separating same from the base. These members may be readily separated or pulled apart when desired and again engaged by snapping the hooks and ring I I into engagement with each other.

Attention is called to the fact that, if desired, the block may be removed from the base, inverted and rested upon its closed end and then iilled with perfume which will be absorbed and thereafter evaporated at ordinary room temperatures to provide the desired pleasant odor. This is true of the dispenser in both forms disclosed. When used in this manner the wick is not necessary.

What is claimed is:

1. In a volatile liquid dispenser, a hollow block of porous material open at one end, a recessed base receiving and supporting the open end of the hollow block, a vial disposed in the base recess and received in said block, and a wick having one end imbedded in the closed end of said block and received in said vial.

2. In a volatile liquid dispenser, a hollow block of porous material open at one end, a coat of pore-closing material covering the major portion of the exterior surface of said block, a recessed` base receiving and supporting the open end of the hollow block, yielding coupling means connecting said block and base, a liquid container carried by said base, and a wick carried by said block received in said container.

3. In a volatile liquid dispenser, a hollow block of porous material open at one end, a recessed base receiving the open end of said block, poreclosing material covering the major portion of the exterior surface of said block and base, a liq uid container carried by said base, a ring nnm bedded in said block in short spaced relation to the open end thereof, and yielding ring-engaging means carried by said base.

4. In a Volatile liquid dispenser, a hollow block of porous material open at one end, an external peripheral shoulder upon said block spaced inwardly from the open end thereof, a recessed base receiving said block at its open end, the depth of said base recess being less than the distance of said shoulder from said block open end, the Wall of said base recess formed complementary to the open end of said block and engaging said block shoulder, a liquid container carried by said base and received in said block, and a Wick carried by said block and extending into the interior of said container.

5. In a volatile liquid dispenser, a hollow block of porous material open at one end, a recessed base receiving the open end of said block, an in Wardly projecting and circumferentially extending ring imbedded in said block in short spaced relation to the open end thereof, a second ring secured in the recessed portion of said base in a plane substantially parallel to the first said ring, resilient hooks carried by said second ring yieldingly in locking engagement with said first named ring, a liquid container carried by said base, and a wick carried by said block disposed in said con- 15 tainer.

VICTOR WILLIAM GELATKA.

No references cited. 

